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Comedian losing stone makes gibe (4)

Ross

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jeer

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(Other definitions for jeer that I've seen before include "Ridicule noisily" , "Henry ---, Richard II's enemy, successor" , "Tease" , "Scoff, deride, mock" , "Call out derisively" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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